Stallions roundup: Atom, Bantams, Midgets all advance Atom Sara Carmichael breaks away for the games only touchdown. (Gisele Lalonde photo)   The Atom Stallions advanced to the finals with another nailbiter of a game against the Lasalle Warriors. The Stallions defence was solid the whole game, keeping the Lasalle offence from scoring. Xavier McCutchen, Joshua Welburn and Gianni Johnston did a great job of penetrating the offensive line to give the quarterback a hard time. The Stallions offence was slow taking off in the first quarter, but then settled in and started to move the ball down the field. The game was scoreless until the last two minutes off the game when Sarah Carmichael found an opening in the defensive line with a 30-yard run down the sideline to score. The Stallions will be playing Greenfield Park next weekend for the championship at the Molson Stadium. ··· The St. Lazare Midget Stallions traveled four and a half hours to St. Georges de Beauce to play against a team that has been a Heppell contender since 1984 and came back with a hard-earned win in an injury-filled game. The game started off rough for the Stallions, with the Beauce jumping to a quick 18-0 lead before the first quarter was 10 minutes old. The Stallions finally got a touchdown on a bad snap. After the kicker got control of the ball, he attempted to punt it away, only to have the kick blocked by Brandon Malone. It was then recovered in the end zone by Ryan Petrie, making the score 18-7. The Stallions were marching down the field in the final minute of the first half to close the gap when their quarterback Max Trudeau rolled out to make a pass, was brought down from behind and broke his wrist. He joined running back Bryce Vieira, out earlier in the game with two dislocated fingers, and fullback J-F Lacroix, with a dislocated shoulder. The refs decided to go to half-time while the coaches were attending to Max so when the game was back on we played the final 25 seconds and then started with the captains for the second half. The Stallions first offensive posession of the third quarter turned into a punt. On Beauce's first series of the third quarter, the Stallions defence stepped up the pressure and on a pass attempt the ball was intercepted by Alex Chevrier, who returned it for a touchdown. On the next offensive series for the Beauce, the Stallions defence held strong and forced Beauce to punt the ball away. Bryce Vieira received the punt and followed Nicholas Mann down the field to score the game-tying touchdown. On the next Stallions possession the offence was led by Nicholas and Bryce and together they drove the ball all the way down to the Beauce's two-yard line where Francis Perrault took the ball on a reverse and scored, giving the Stallions the lead for the frst time in the game. The Beauce scored on their next possession, tying the game before the Stallions scored a touchdown on another reverse by Francis Perrault. The Stallions also got two singles off punts by Alex Chevrier after Max Trudeau went down. The defence held strong and the game ended on an interception from Frank Desjardins. - Kenny Mann ··· On a beautiful sunny Sunday afternoon at home field, the Bantam Stallions (Bill Allen Division: 7 wins, 3 losses) began their playoff quest against the Ile Bizard Vikings (Earl De La Perralle Division: 6 wins, 4 losses). The St. Lazare boys, missing a few players, quickly established an offensive presence by scoring 22 points in the first quarter to the Vikings 7, with the last play of the half being an end-to-end kick return and major score for the Stallions. The Stallions defence was dominant throughout the game, forcing turnovers and resulting in numerous losses of yardage for the Ile Bizard boys. The second quarter saw the Vikings make some adjustments that appeared to neutralize the potent St Lazare offence. The score was 24-13 for the Stallions at the end of the first half. In the second half the St Lazare boys scored two majors in the third quarter and another two in the fourth. The Vikings managed to score another touchdown, but simply ran out of manpower to compete evenly with the Stallions, who now move on to the semi-finals with a 51-20 win over Ile Bizard. Congrats to the boysone down, two to go before being Champs!